title: [A case of pancreatic mucinous carcinoma with special reference to diagnostic usefulness of contrast enhanced ultrasonography].
abstract: A 72-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for further investigation of pancreatic mass. Ultrasonography revealed hypoechoic mass with hyperechoic and aechoic area. Contrast enhanced ultrasonography (CE-US) revealed a vascular image in the lesion. CT showed some enhanced parts of low density mass in the pancreatic body, which was recognized as low-, high- and relatively high-intensity mass on T1-, T2-WI MRI and MRCP, respectively. The final pathological diagnosis showed mucinous carcinoma. CE-US may be useful for diagnosis of mucinous carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Suzuka General Hospital, Japan. mossmossgreen2009@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: Shimpei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsusaki
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okano
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Isono
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Yoshiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishihara
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sase
authors.forename: Tomonori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Youichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: Katsumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mukai
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Taoka
mesh_terms: D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D008297:Male; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods